Improved sash-fastening



UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

FORDYCE BEADS AND C. T. GRILLEY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVED SASH-FASTENING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,016, dated November l5, 1864.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FoRnYcE BEALs and C. T. GRILLEY, ot' New Haven, in the county oi'N ew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved SaslrFastening; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in Whieh- Figure l is a front or lface view of a sash with our improvement applied to it; Fig. 2, a side view ofthe parts composing the same detached from the sash Fig. 3, a horizontal section ot the sash, taken in the line x m, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and iinproved fastening for window-sashes, designed more especially for car-sashes, in order to re tain or hold them at different heights.

The object of the invention is to obtain a sash-fastening which will be simple in construction, not liable to get out of repair, and be capable of being operated Without any special manipulation apart from the simple raising of the sash.

A represents the frame, and B the sa-sh, of an ordinary carwindow. These parts, being of usual construction, do not require a special description.

C is a bolt, which is inserted in a horizontal hole, a, made in the lower rail, b, of the sash, and is allowed to work freely therein, a spiral spring, D, being titted in the hole a to bear against the inner end of the bolt and keep the same thrust out the entire length it is designed to project beyond the side ofthe sash. (See Fig. 3.) The length of the sliding movement of the bolt (l is determined by a pin, c, which projects from it at right angles, and

entends through a slot, d, in the rail a, as

shown clearly in Fig. 3.

E represents a plate, which has an oblong slot, e, in it, through which the pin c passes. This plate has upright parallel sides, but its upper and lower ends are beveled or inclined, so as to have reverse' positions, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The right-hand edge of the plate E has two notches, d d, made in it, to receive pins e e in the rail b of the sash. The plate E is covered by aplate, F, having a dan ge, j', all around its inner edge, said ian ge bearing against the rail I), and forming a space for the plate E to work in. The plate E has a V- shaped slot, g, made in it, (shown clearly in Figs. l and 2,) and through this slot a pin, 7L, attached to the plate E, passes said pin h, having a knob, G, upon it.

From the above description it will be seen that the bolt C may be drawn back by simply operating the knob G-that is to say, by pulling it upward or downward-the slot g actuating the plate E, as the knob is pulled, and said plate operating upon the bolt, drawing it back; hence in raising or lowering the sash the pull upon the knob in an upward or down ward direction operates upon the bolt to tree it from holes t' in the frame of the window, into which the spring D forces it when the knob G is free. The pins e serve as bearings for the plate E while being actuated under the pull upon the knob Gr, and the beveled ends of plate F bear against the flange f at the upper and lower ends of plate F, as the knob Gis pulled up or down, in order to prevent any ot' the parts being subjected to an undue strain in raising or lowering the sash.

The device is extremely simple and efficient, and there are no parts liable to become deranged by use or to get out ot' repair.

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The bolt C and spring D,in combination with the plates E F, the latter being provided with the \/shaped slotg, and the former provided with the pin It, passing through said slot g, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. l

FORDYCE BEALS. C. T. GRILLEY. Vitnesses:

J oHN E. EAELE, RUEUs SANFORD. 

